Report: Fab won’t be returning to Spurs

A recurring rumor as the Spurs deal without Antonio McDyess was that the team would bring back former team member Fabricio Oberto at some point this season.

According to Ole.com (hat tip: Project Spurs.com), Oberto is set to join Argentinian team Atenas de Cordoba in order to get some conditioning work to prepare for London Olympics with the Argentinian National team later this year.

“I want to get as much time as possible for London. It is my goal,” Oberto told Ole. “And the way to do it, is training and playing on a team.”

There was some interest before the lockout about bringing him back to the Spurs, who he played for from 2005-09 and was a member of the team’s 2007 NBA championship squad.

He was traded from the Spurs to Milwaukee in the Richard Jefferson trade in 2009 and eventually ended up as a free agent with Portland. He was with the Trail Blazers last season before his retirement due to a heart condition. He has recovered and played with Argentina at last summer’s FIBA Americas tournament.

The Spurs could have used him.

Tim Duncan won’t be able to withstand the compacted season playing 36 and 38 minutes like he did in the Spurs’ last two games.